Back in November, I decided to take a social media sabbatical. I really wanted to reevaluate why I was as involved as I was online and what my true purpose entailed. Professionally, I’d been burned this past semester and needed some distance. Personally, I felt overwhelmed and unsure of my “presence”. ( I really have THAT many […]
Sabbatical Sense…or why I’m back! Read More »
I’m the biggest proponent for change, 🙂 I encourage the positive embracing of change. Right up until I saw the little note at the top of my iGoogle home page that said that in November 2013 iGoogle would be no more. Disaster. Depression. Devastation. Until I found a solution!! Enter NetVibes! Netvibes is a personalized dashboard publishing
Since the “Principal of change” page is blocked here in the GISD, I’ve copied and pasted (with permission of course) George’s post here about what his vision of a classroom today should/should look like… What are you thoughts, LL’s?? ____________________________________________________________________________________ As I think that leaders should be able to describe what they are looking for
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A word to the wise… Parents are biased. Parents are sending you the absolute BEST that they have to offer at home. The child in your class that may test your patience like no other is the 20×30 poster hanging over their mantle. They are LOVED. ADORED. WANTED. Yesterday when I picked up my TsT,
A cautionary tale… Read More »
Still not sure what an edcamp is? Watch this for a short intro! We had something similar here with Armstrong last year, if you’ll recall. Feedback from that session was very positive! We have another opportunity to participate in an edcamp this month! edcampDallas is coming UP! Why should you give up a Saturday to go
By this, I mean I’ve taken quite the little blogging break as I’ve enjoyed my summer break. 🙂 Plenty of sunshine, snuggles, and sleeping…all good things! But like a great book (also of which I’ve read a ton!) all good things must come to an end. This is my last week off and one of
Summer thoughts, :) Read More »
These resources are intended for the TEPSA 2012 audience in Austin. 🙂 Here is the link to the initial “why” twitter question. Here is the link to the prezi. Here is the link to the “Flutter” video. Here is the link to the Listorious site and the “educational” relevant lists. Here is the link to the educational hashtag page, as well as a
All of the resources from Matt Gomez and Amber Teamann’s Reg X presentation will be housed here, 🙂 Our prezi…Open letter to admin on WHY we should be tweeting Textual information, 🙂 Swimmingly, Amber
If you knew I was next door….would you still talk to your students that way? If it was your child…would you treat them like that? If it happened to your grandchild, would you be calm & rational? If you knew your coworker behaved that way, would you say something? If you “liked” a student more,
I was contacted by Craig Badura, a K-5 media/technology integrationist, also known from the That Guy in the Library Blog. He was interested in collaborating with different classes on a mystery skype/Voice Thread project. We set up a three way project amongst classes of second graders. Each student was asked to draw a landmark that could